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The pair had performed a knockout contemporary dance to Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst’s Rise Like A Phoenix.

“Emily gave me a character to play, which as an actor is easy enough. You take on that role but then with everything that has happened in the last week-and-a-half with the passing of my father, sometimes you just don’t need to be told anything.

“Emily was just like, ‘Just do as you feel, there is so much that you cannot say when your father passes’.

“My back is completely swollen just from doing all that. I did it for my father.

Johnny Ward and Emily Barker on Dancing With The Stars (Image: Kyran O'Brien)

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“To do a forward roll and backward roll and a karate kick, we put some judo into the routine as well and we could get away with it because it was contemporary ballroom.”

Johnny praised British dancer Emily for her support, adding: “She knew how down I was. I haven’t really seen my family, I am just with her all the time and she has been there when I have been shouting or crying or breaking down with everything that has gone on.

“So for her to see that and use it as a tool or a paint brush and put it into something like that, it was amazing. I’m so happy it paid off, it was great.”